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On the Police Logs 07.18.24

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 11:53

Amagansett

A Bluff Road resident told police on July 9 that someone had opened an account in her name at the “Jovia Financial Credit Union” without her knowledge. Police took no action as she had already informed her bank.

East Hampton

A resident of Squires Path called police early Sunday morning after discovering a stranger asleep on his dining room table. Officers woke the intruder, who told them he lives across the street and must have entered the wrong house. He was advised not to return to his neighbor’s house.

After receiving an email from her school’s accounting office regarding an unemployment check in the amount of $504, a teacher realized someone had been using her personal information to collect unemployment insurance. She reported it to police on June 28, asking that the incident be documented.

East Hampton Village

On Monday afternoon a woman called from the parking lot of the Pantigo Road CVS to report a dog left alone in an unoccupied car. When the vehicle’s owner returned, a confrontation ensued between the two women before the car drove off. Officers followed up, and found the car near the Red Horse Market. The dog was in good health, they reported.

A tenant at her Pantigo Road property had not paid rent for a while and was refusing to leave the house, a woman complained to police on July 10. She was told to hire an attorney to begin eviction proceedings, as this is a civil court matter.

Montauk

Gosman’s restaurant called police on the afternoon of July 10 about a man driving a red Jeep who’d repeatedly entered the restaurant through the service entrance. Police found the man and warned him not to return to the restaurant or face charges of trespassing.

Last Thursday morning, an employee of the Beach Plum resort called about an “extremely rude” and “uncooperative” guest who’d yelled at the front desk that a glass shower door had shattered while her son was showering. Police spoke to the woman, who said she would pack her bags and leave.

A lifeguard at Kirk Park Beach spotted a man walking with his son on the dunes Friday afternoon and asked him to leave the protected area. The man “called him a few names,” he told police, who were unable to find the pair.

While investigating a separate incident Friday night, police discovered spent fireworks shells, smoke, and boxes at a beach off Old Montauk Highway. An officer approached a man nearby, who admitted having discharged the fireworks. Setting off fireworks is illegal in New York State, and he was ticketed.

At around 5 a.m. on Saturday, officers were called to a co-op complex called Sun ‘n Sound on Soundview Drive, where three women were swimming in a pool. They were advised that swimming is permitted only during business hours.

Following a report on Saturday of an illegal dock being built at Fort Pond Bay, police interviewed the daughter of a homeowner, who told them that her father, who has Alzheimer’s, had contacted a builder, without telling anyone else, about constructing a 60-foot dock.

A deejay at Bounce Beach reported a missing backpack on the morning of June 29, with his passport, headphones, and $250 worth of “ancillary items” inside. Later that day, he the man informed police that another employee had taken his bag by mistake.

Over Memorial Day weekend, a man staying on Otis Road near Ditch Plain Beach told police he’d left a Gucci wallet, $400 in cash, and a Panerai Luminor watch on his bedside table before going out with friends late at night to Ruschmeyer’s, Bounce Beach, and Memory Motel. All the items were gone when he woke up in the morning, he said, “along with six pairs of shoes.” The incident was classified as grand larceny.

Sag Harbor

Police spotted a clearly intoxicated man attempting to start a dinghy near Long Wharf at around midnight on July 8, and told him he couldn’t drive the dinghy in that condition. A larger boat arrived to retrieve the man.

Springs

The staff at EHP Marina police Saturday night about two women in a BMW who were “yelling at the staff and refusing to leave.” They drove away for a few minutes before police arrived.

A Springs School father called Sunday morning after his son’s bike was stolen from the school. The boy had ridden the bike to a sports game the day before, but left it there overnight to go home with his father. It was gone when he returned.

Wainscott

A Wildflower Road resident told police last week that he’d paid a contractor $5,000 up front to do work on his house, but little was done, and the contractor would not answer his calls. Eventually, though, the contractor called to request more money. The man refused, and asked that the incident be documented.

Long Days on the Fire Line In Orange County

East Hampton and Amagansett firefighters volunteered to head north last week to help fight a 5,000-acre wildfire in Orange County, N.Y., not once but twice, battling unfamiliar terrain to do so. “They fight fires completely differently than we do when we have a brush fire,” the Amagansett chief said.

Nov 21, 2024

Awards for Good Policing in Handgun Scuffle

“It could have gone worse. We’re lucky that I have officers here that weren’t shot,” said Police Chief Jeff Erickson at Friday’s East Hampton Village Board meeting. Chief Erickson was recognizing Sgt. Wayne Gauger and Officers John Clark and Robbie Greene for a traffic stop on Aug. 31 that turned into a scuffle and the eventual confiscation of an illegal gun.

Nov 21, 2024

On the Police Logs 11.21.24

A Three Mile Harbor Drive resident reported an online dating scam on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Somehow, said the 80-year-old man, a person on the dating platform had gotten his phone number and demanded $2,000 from him, threatening to tell his family he was using the site if he did not comply. Police told the man to block the number.

Nov 21, 2024

Head-On Collision on Route 27

A 2-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on State Route 27 near Upland Road in Montauk.

Nov 21, 2024

 

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